The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-09-16
HAZEL GREEN. KY:
ouR EpucArloNAL EAclLlrlEs.

OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
AS an educational center Hazel Green
s1rpasses any town in Eastern Kentucky,
ssd Mt. Sterling and Lexington might
With certain amount of profit patronize
she high school at this place. The Ha-
eel Green Academy building is equal to
any similar establishment in the State,
She school furniture is Of the most mod
cn made, and the teachers arc as good
rs can be found in the Commonwealth.
Prof. ERB, the principal, has been a sue
cessful teacher for several years, and
during the session of Hazel Green Acad-
cmy which closed last June demonstrated
his fitness for the position he holds. lie
is a religious and moral man addicted
TO no vicious habits whatever, and in
this respect is ahead Of many teachers,
as some do have little vices. His assis-
tant, Miss EMMA JENKINS, was a teach
er in Georgetown college for several years,
and in the short time she has been
connected with Hazel Green Academy,
has proven that a lady better fitted for
her position could not be found. Not
withstanding these facts, and they can
not be gainsaid, there are people of this
and other counties who persist in send
ing their children to schools away from
here where the training is certainly no
better, if as good, while the cost rs i'm
measurably greater. Morgan, Magonin,
Nenefee, Lee, Powell, Estill, Perry
and Breathitt counties should patronize
home enterprise in preference TO a
Foreign institution, and especially when
they can secure fully as much for their
money. The time has come when the
mountain people must stand shoulder to
shoulder and be self supporting. The
fine was when it was considered the
thing to send children away to school,
and in that day it was well enough for
the educational facilities Of the noun
tains were not such as to fit them for
the higher stations of life. The estab.
fishing Of Hazel Green Academy has
changed the orderof things, and young
man or young lady of the mountains
may now secure as thorough an educa-
tion at their very door as older ones were
wont to find in far away lands formerly.
Besides all this, the society is as good
morally as any they would come in CON
aact with. by going away, the place is
healthier than any city can possibly be,
and last, but not least, the cost is not
more than abodt half. We hope the
people of this and adjoining counties
will investigate this matter and stop the
foolish habit Of sending their children
Ok to school, because il has heretofore
been looked upon as comforting certain
amount Of dignity. Patronizc home in
stitutions always in preference to similar
Institutions away from home, and you
will find that the general status Of affairs
grows Better.
The above is intended, of course, fol
those who arc able to give their children
the benefits Of high school, but tc
those who are not we should recommend
Chc common school, Hazel Green, a.
stated in the beginning of this article
has superior advantages in this respect
And along with the high school, whicI
should be encouraged by all who ar,
able, stands the pnblic school presided
over by Prof. J. M. DOWNING, who ha
had great deal Of experience in teach
ing and is amply able to teach all TIN
branchespertaining toea practical edu
cation. Education Is now the lever tina
moves the world, and every man owe
hischild az education, Parentsare the Gus
sOdians of their children, and they alon
are to be the judges of where they will edu
cate them. But above all things oducat
tl'em, and give them the best you car
and educate them at home in preference
10 sending them abroad